SharePoint Automation

Creating Custom SharePoint 2010 Cmdlets using Visual Studio 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Lapointe) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:50:00 +0000

With SharePoint 2010 we now have the ability to create custom PowerShell cmdlets that can be deployed just like any other SharePoint artifact using SharePoint Solution Packages (WSP) created with Visual Studio 2010. With SharePoint 2007 it was necessary to build a custom setup (MSI) package which had to be run on every server in the farm. This setup package would register a custom snap-in that you'd have to create which would be responsible for registering all of your custom cmdlets with the...

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SharePoint 2010: PSConfig and PowerShell

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Lapointe) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000

The information in this article is based on BETA 1 of SharePoint 2010 - there will likely be differences with the RTM release. If you've ever done a scripted install of SharePoint 2007 then you are familiar with how to script the initial farm creation using psconfig.exe. Unfortunately psconfig is still with us in SharePoint 2010 but we do have some PowerShell cmdlets which replace certain psconfig commands. At present, Beta 1 that is, there are several cmdlets that are not fully functional...

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SharePoint 2010: STSADM and PowerShell

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Lapointe) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000

The information in this article is based on BETA 1 of SharePoint 2010 - there will likely be differences with the RTM release. Finally, the NDA is lifted and we can openly talk about SharePoint 2010! There's so many cool things to talk about it's hard to decide where to begin, but as the focus of my blog has generally been on STSADM then I suppose that's a good place to start. The first thing we should do is load the new SharePoint 4.0 Management Console which can be found under the...

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Setting Back Connection Host Names for SharePoint 2007 Using STSADM

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Lapointe) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:15:00 +0000

Not too long ago Microsoft introduced a security fix which addresses a possible attack vector in which malicious software tries to impersonate a local request, thereby bypassing certain constraints. The problem with this fix is that it introduces some issues for SharePoint servers, effectively resulting in 401.1 Access Denied errors. Spence Harbar does a great write-up of the fix and the options available to get your SharePoint environment working again so I won't re-hash all that...

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Attend the SharePoint Conference 2009 for Free!

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Lapointe) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:02:00 +0000

ShareSquared, Inc. and Kodak just announced a contest where you can win a free pass to the 2009 SharePoint Conference and four nights stay at Mandalay Bay in Vegas! You can also win some free consulting or a Kodak scanner! Visit http://www.sharepointgiveaway.com/ for more information and to enter to win - good luck! BTW, I'll be at the conference as well so look me up if you're there!

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